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ReviewThe American journal of the medical sciences2022

Chagas disease in Oklahoma.

Nelson Iván Agudelo Higuita, Michael S Bronze, James W Smith, Susan P Montgomery

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Review in The American journal of the medical sciences, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Nelson Iván Agudelo HiguitaSection of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA. Electronic address: Nelson-Agudelo-Higuita@ouhsc.edu.
Michael S BronzeDepartment of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
James W SmithOklahoma Blood Institute, Oklahoma City, OK, USA.
Susan P MontgomeryDivision of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA.

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Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chagas disease, caused by infection with the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, is one of the leading public health problems in the Western Hemisphere. The parasite is mainly transmitted by contact with infected insect vectors but other forms of transmission are important in endemic areas. In the United States, while the disease is largely restricted to immigrants from endemic countries in Latin America, there is some risk of local acquisition. T. cruzi circulates in a sylvatic cycle between mammals and local triatomine insects in the southern half of the country, where human residents may be at risk for incidental infection. There are several reported cases of locally-acquired Chagas disease in the United States, but there is a paucity of information in Oklahoma. We present a brief summary of the available data of Chagas disease in Oklahoma to raise awareness and serve as a foundation for future research.

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Chagas DiseaseTrypanosoma cruziAnimalsHumansInsect VectorsMammalsOklahomaUnited StatesBenznidazoleChagasNifurtimoxOklahomaTrypanosoma

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PMID35623395
PMCPMC10421564

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